Deployment
Johnson & Johnson Ottava at United States
Next-generation surgical robot in development by J&J/Ethicon. 6-arm configuration, general surgery focus.
Johnson & Johnson Ottava by Johnson & Johnson · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Surgical robots
Recent coverage
- J&J’s robotics and digital R&D head offers advice for device developersMedical Design & Outsourcing · 2026-08-17
- This Surgical Robot Could Transform the Operating RoomBloomberg Technology · 2026-08-02
- J&J’s robotics R&D head discusses Ottava’s folding arms, soothing sounds and haptics capabilityMedical Design & Outsourcing · 2026-07-31
Ottava (Johnson & Johnson) operating in United States. Status: pilot.
Exposure
- Customer segment
- healthcare
- Scale tier
- pilot lt10
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Johnson & Johnson Ottava at United States.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21
- Company
- Johnson & Johnson
- Location
- United States
- Operator
- Johnson & Johnson
- Status
- pilot
- Scale at site
- 2 to 10 units
- Site environment
- indoor
- Location precision
- verified coordinates
- First seen
- 2024-01-01
- ID
f52d8a48-bd30-4b4a-9a2d-0e994d00158c
Timeline
- Jan 2024First recordedJohnson & Johnson Ottava first documented operating at United States.
- Aug 2026Current status: pilot, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
Johnson & Johnson Ottava operates in United States. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
- J&J MedTech Ottava product page · https://www.jnjmedtech.com/en-US/product/ottava
- J&J Ottava press releases · https://www.jnj.com/tag/ottava
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: surgical
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/jnj-ottava-us.md
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Johnson & Johnson MedTech's surgical-robotics brand film, which features its Ottava soft-tissue surgical robot (no Ottava-specific video exists on the official channel). A surgeon-teleoperated system, not autonomous.